Machine for framing handbags



- Nov. 9, 1943. E, M, KASS 2,333,724

MACHINE FOR FRAMING HANDBAGS Filed Dec. 3, 1941 Patented Nov. 9, 1943 UNIV-(1TB o STATES PATENT orr ce MACHINE, FOR FRAMING HANDBAGS Eric M. Kass, New York, N. Y. 1 Application December 3, 1941, Serial No. 421,461" i 10 Claims.

This invention relates to the art of framing handbags and to machines for clamping frame members on bags.

One object of the invention is to provide for the improved clamping ,of frame members on handbags in a, rapid and convenient manner and without scratching or marring the frame members as heretofore.

Another object of the invention is to provide for the clamping of the frame members under a constant or predetermined pressure to pro-' duce a uniform unimpaired product without cutting of the bag and without requiring repeated clamping strains on each part of the frame members. f

Another object of the invention is to provide for the clamping of the frame members by automatic or motorized power for an instantaneous improved clamping operation with adeformation solely of the normally concealed flange of the channel frame member. i

Another object of the invention is to provide for the preliminary holding 'or gripping of the powerful clamping of the frame members as by atoggle-like action. I i

Another objectis to providefor the clamping to be performed along an inclined table .to facilitate the handling'of the frame and its bag.

A further object is the provision of'improved apparatus to realize all of the above :stated objects, with the apparatus being compact, durable, inexpensive, reliable and efficient in use.

Other objectsand advantages of the invention will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

With the aforesaid objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in their, preferred embodiments, pointed vout,in;the subjoined claims, drawing, wherein like parts are designated by the and illustrated. in the "annexed same reference characters throughout the several views.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is.a view in front elevation showing a machine embodying the invention, in thec1amp ing position thereof. 1

Fig. 2.is.a view in side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the machine with parts in section, but showing the power means-retracted and the movablejaw manually retracted. l

Fig. 4 isa diagrammatic view showing a frame member supported for clamping with the jaw extended to clamp the corners ofthe frame memher.

Fig. 5' is a similar View showing the clamping of the arms of the frame.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view with parts in section and parts in elevation showing the clamping of a frame member'on abag. v a

Fig. 7 is a similar view showingthe clamping of a different type'of frame member on a bag.

Figs. 8 and 9 are fragmentary. sectional views of the handbags producedaccording to Figs. 6

and '7, respectively. 1

The advantages of the inventionas here-outlined are best realized when 'all of. its features and instrumentalities are combined in. one and the same structure, but,tuse'ful: devices may be 0 produced embodyinglessaithan the whole.

It will be obvious towthos'eskilled in the .art to which the invention appertains, that the same may be incorporated in several different constructions. The accompanying drawing, therefore, is submitted merely as'showing the preferred exemplificationof'the inventionl.

Referring in detail tothe drawing, lllydenotes a machine embodying the invention. The same may include a frame ll cOmprisingJa base 12 having an extension l3carrying an electrical motor l4. At the top of the frame is a bearing l5 for a shaft 16 carrying a large flywheel or pulley H which is engaged as by a beltor chain l8 with a small pulley IQ of the motor l4.

l5 Carried by the shaft I6 is an'eccentric or cam 20 having a yoke 2| carrying a plunger '22 that is thus reciprocated thereby. A head 23 may be connected to the plunger as by an adjustable powerful screw 24 to set the position of the head.

'50 'For guiding the latter, the frame Hmay have flanges or guides 25 providing any suitablep'athway with which the headmay slidingly engage to impart the power stroke forclamping of the frame members; l r

55. Fixed on the frame 1| 1s a bracket 2t provide handbag passing from one machine to the other until completed. Preferably two arm clamping machines are provided in relation to each machine that clamps the top sections 52 for a continuous high speed manufacturing procedure. If frames of a different size are to be clamped, the jaws such as 28, 29 may be removed and replaced by others to suit.

I claim:

1. A machine for clamping bags in channeled, U-shaped frames, including a plurality of jaws one of which is movable, and the other of which is relatively fixed, and being so coordinated with the other that the movable jaw is automatically yieldingly urged toward the other for a preliminary clamping action, said jaws providing relatively plane faces which are at an acute angle to each other so as to be adapted to clamp a handbag channel frame by substantially deforming the normally concealed flange of the frame, power means comprising an electric motor for actuating the movable jaw to exert an instantaneous clamping action on the frame, said jaws being of sufi-cient length to engage therebetween the entire length of a relatively straight section of the frame for thus clamping the same on the bag in one clamping operation, and means separate of the power means for automatically yieldingly urging the movable jaw toward the other jaw independently of the power means, the movable jaw being maintained in operative relation to the power means for actuation by the latter while yieldingly actuated by the said separate means, said power means comprising a frame having a vertical guideway, a reciprocating means in the guideway including a head and a member pivoted to the lower end of the head, a toggle including a pair of arms pivotally connected at one end to the lower end of the member, said arms extending downwardly and angularly in opposite directions from said member, the other end of one arm having pivotal engagement with the frame, the latter having a supporting portion at an angle to the path of the reciprocating means, the supporting portion slidingly carrying the movable jaw, a head connected to the movable jaw, the said separate means including anelement alongside the toggle arm for the jaw head yieldingly acting directly between the supporting portion and the jaw head, and in aligned relation to the jaw head, the other end of the other toggle arm and the jaw head having lost motion pivotal interengagement, a downward movement of the power head and member causing the toggle arms to move angularly away from each other with the member swinging on its pivot and the toggle moving bodily laterally and projecting the jaw head, with the latter also actuated by the yielding means as aforesaid, and retraction of the power head and member causing retraction of the toggle arm that engages the jaw head while the latter remains in its projected position and continues to be subject to the force of the yielding means.

2. A machine according to claim 1 wherein the said pivotal engagement between a toggle arm and the frame is of lost motion character whereby the toggle is bodily upwardly movable upon retraction of said head and member to thus afford a substantial retraction of the other toggle arm relative to the jaw head.

3. A machine according to claim 1 wherein said supporting portion and said jaw head have stop means to limit movement of the movable jaw toward the fixed jaw under actuation of the yielding means, the actuation of the jaw head by the power means stopping short of the stop means.

4. A machine according to claim 1 wherein a manual means is provided for retraction of the jaw head against the force of the yielding means when the power means is in retracted position, comprising a linkage connected to the head and to the supporting portion, the yielding means being superior to the manual means when the latter is released.

5.-A machine according to claim 1 wherein the jaw head is provided with an open cut out forming a guide for the end of the adjacent toggle arm, and manual means for retracting the jaw head against the force of the yielding means, including pivotally interconnected arms having one arm pivotally connected to the jaw head and another arm pivotally connected to the supporting portion, the arm connected to the jaw head extending partially along the said adjacent arm of the said toggle and forming a closure for one side of the cut out to thus retain the said end of said adjacent arm in lost motion engagement with the jaw head.

6. A machine according to claim 1 wherein the said supporting portion is inclined downwardly away from the path of the reciprocating means, the path of the movable jaw being correspondingly inclined, the toggle arm engaging the frame being relatively short, and the toggle arm engaging the jaw head being relatively long.

7. A machine according to claim 1 wherein the angle of the supporting means is obtuse, the toggle arm engaging the jaw head being substantially longer than the companion arm, and the pivotal engagement between the latter and the frame being lost motion in character so as to permit retraction of this arm upon retraction of the power head and member.

8. A machine according to claim 1 wherein the supporting portion provides between the jaws a seating portion for a handbag frame to position the latter in upright relation relative to the jaws, each jaw having end portions projecting in opposite directions from the seating portion to engage the corner portions of a. U-shaped frame member resting on the seat, with the jaws being so close to the seat as to be adapted to engage and clamp the frame member.

9. A machine according to claim 1, wherein said supporting portion is downwardly inclined at an obtuse angle to the path of the reciprocating means and aifording a correspondingly inclined path for the movable jaw, the toggle arm for the head of the movable jaw being approximately parallel to said path for powerfully moving said jaw, the faces of the jaws being approximately at right angles to said path and the space therebetween opening upward to receive the frame of a handbag.

10. A machine according to claim 1 wherein an adjusting member is fixed on one jaw in such relation to the jaws as to the operative for bending and adjusting a fastener knob on a flange of a handbag frame member coincident with the clamping of the latter.

ERIC M. KASS. 

